so apparently there was a ctf event or something going on in the server, and easy money and i were using shop commands that pissed everybody off really badly (hhh and zeus), and the admin finally decided to ban me for half an hour, i believe is what it was.

there may be no evidence, but i do have witnesses of this event, these being notaliasing him/herself, easy money, i, and the other players on the server as of ~9:30-9:50 PM EST.

admin discretion is NOWHERE to be found in the rules. this ban is invalid, so i'm reporting this user for it.

sm_kick OAEUK L 08/05/2018 - 19:52:39: [basecommands.smx] "NotAliasing<1864><[U:1:225716406]><>" kicked "OAEUK<1873><[U:1:82589888]><>" (reason "") L 08/05/2018 - 19:53:24: [NotAliasing] sm_csay if either of you do that again, you will receive a 30 minute ban for ignoring admins and interupting a server event. L 08/05/2018 - 19:53:24: [basechat.smx] "NotAliasing<1864><[U:1:225716406]><>" triggered sm_csay (text if either of you do that again, you will receive a 30 minute ban for ignoring admins and interupting a server event.)

The last straw that got me banned was hitting NotAliasing with the pan during the spycrab which for one isnt against the rules, but is actually encouraged."Be annoying and expect to get annoyed"

The spycrab for a key was also mentioned to not be a server key, but from the admin himself, therefore making that not a server event.I didnt know banning on personal interest was also in your staff guidelines

Within reasonable limits, yes. We put faith in our administrators that they'll be responsible with their admin privileges so we don't hold a dagger above their necks at all times like some communities do.

I don't think asking you to not disrupt the event was an inappropriate/outlandish request. You and your friend didn't listen so NotAliasing took action against both of you.

I think requesting us to not use server provided features like !shop is an outlandish request. !shop gets flak all the time for being annoying, unfair, and disruptive, it just so happens this time an admin got annoyed.

Dude, step back for a minute, and look at it from this way - you were asked by an administrator to stop doing a certain action, which is something fully within their capabilities to ask for. You didn't stop, and the administrator asked multiple times. The administrator took action, because you declined to. There's not much more than that.

Dude, step back for a minute, and look at it from this way - you were asked by an administrator to stop doing a certain action, which is something fully within their capabilities to ask for. You didn't stop, and the administrator asked multiple times. The administrator took action, because you declined to. There's not much more than that.

perhaps you would understand if you can acknowledge the fact that staff can do bad things as well, which is why we have a board to post threads about reporting these miscreants. if i were to be told not to dominate the admin, obviously i wouldn’t listen, unless staff discretion is completely fine. i still haven’t been told whether being discretionary was allowed or not in their favor. i thought the whole idea behind not being allowed to interfere during events was bullshit, because i saw it nowhere in the rules/guidelines, so i took action, completely ignoring the admin. i thought notaliasing was making the wrong move, which is why i came here to report this user.

edit: just noticed (dumb me). is staff descretion really that dependent on the situation?

We allow staff discretion since we train and trust our admins to behave and handle situations properly and maturely. We host events to provide entertainment to a wide range of players. This is why we give admins the right to punish anyone who continues to disrupt events after multiple warnings. I advise that you listen next time an administrator requests you to follow reasonable orders.

...so apparently there was a ctf event or something going on in the server, and easy money and i were using shop commands that pissed everybody off really badly (hhh and zeus), and the admin finally decided to ban me for half an hour, i believe is what it was....admin discretion is NOWHERE to be found in the rules. this ban is invalid, so i'm reporting this user for it.

You are free to use the shop and buy items from it. However when an Administrator hosts an event, temporary rules can be put into place to create the structure and set the limitations for the event. If you do not participate in the event and continue to play on the server, you are expected to be courteous to those that are participating. The actions you stated highlighted in Orange show that both of you were not respecting the rules for the event. You also demonstrated, as shown through the logs, that you both received multiple warnings for event disruption. Communication Dot#9: "Respect staff members and do not harass or deny their requests.". You were in clear violation of this rule and of the temporary rules established when the event was being hosted. Our Staff Guidelines state that those ignoring warnings given by an administrator for event disruption can be banned for no more than 30 minutes at a time. This administrator gave both of you enough prior warnings that you could have avoided this punishment and it did not/does not have to be in the rules for you to comply with what had been asked of you.

The last straw that got me banned was hitting NotAliasing with the pan during the spycrab which for one isnt against the rules, but is actually encouraged."Be annoying and expect to get annoyed"

Are you attempting to imply that our staff member hosting an event was annoying to you? This statement of "Be annoying and expect to get annoyed" is not us encouraging you to do so, it is a warning. It is formatted similarly to: " Treat others how you wish to be treated", I fail to see how both are an encouragement to treat others with the level disrespect you both have.

The spycrab for a key was also mentioned to not be a server key, but from the admin himself, therefore making that not a server event....

A server event is not defined as an event hosted by the Artificial Intelligence code that makes up the server. Server events are defined as an event that effects players currently on the server when hosted by an administrator. We have no plugin installed to host events and all of ours are hosted by our own staff members. I must point out that trying to get off on a technicality will not work.

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